Coverage today features boy’s tennis vs Palmyra as the Pirates go for a seventh straight win and second in a row over the Panthers. Since this match is our coverage today, it is featured in today’s Gameday Focus.
When: Monday, April 25 at 3:45pm
Where: Wood Park in Cinnaminson
Cinnaminson: 6-2
Palmyra: 7-4
The Pirates come into today’s back end of a home-and-home with Palmyra boasting a six-match win streak and a 6-2 record. Cinnaminson opened the season with back-to-back losses to Moorestown and Rancocas Valley.
Since those two losses the Pirates have been nearly unbeatable. In five of the six wins the Pirates won by 5-0 scores.
When Cinnaminson traveled to Palmyra on Friday the Pirates came away with a win, their sixth straight, but it came by a 4-1 score. It was the team’s first win this season that did not come by a 5-0 score.
The other five wins for the Pirates have come against Florence, Trenton Catholic, Northern Burlington, Burlington City and Pemberton.
Last week the Pirates competed in the first day of the BC Open at Veterans Park in Hamilton.
Cinnaminson had one player advance to the semis of the singles tournament as Eddie Runquist fell to Moorestown to end his run for a title by scores of 6-1 and 6-0.
The team had one doubles team reach the quarterfinals as George Rider and James Merget fell to Shawnee after taking down Northern Burlington 10-3.
In Friday’s meeting with Palmyra the Pirates lone loss of the match came at first singles as Tim Campbell fell to Dylan Martin 6-7 (4-7), 6-1, 6-0.
Palmyra was on a two-match win streak before falling to Cinnaminson on Friday. The Panthers opened the season with a four-match win streak, taking down three opponents by 5-0 scores.
Aside from the 4-1 loss to Cinnaminson, Palmyra has dropped three matches by 3-2 scores to Rancocas Valley, Holy Cross and Bishop Eustace.
These two teams split their meetings in 2015 with the Pirates winning 4-1 to open the year and falling 3-2 just weeks later in a match that lasted some three hours due to tiebreakers in one of the doubles matches.
Today’s match at Wood Park begins at 3:45pm. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for results of the match and check the site tonight for a full recap with quotes.
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